Zach and ESPN's Bobby Marks run through their preliminary list of candidates for All-NBA. Then the NBA's Head of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars and the Senior VP of Referee Training and Development Monty McCutchen join to discuss why scoring has dipped since the All-Star Break, ideas to help defenders, and the unintended consequences of the 65-game rule for awards.
Bucks still trying to figure it out (15:48)
Brunson is going to make an All-NBA team and state of the Knicks (29:05)
Rounding out All-NBA candidates (35:32)
Sixers in disarray without Embiid (48:58)
Dumars and McCutchen (1:01:27)
On scoring being down since the All-Star break (1:04:23)
Ideas to help defenders (1:14:45)
On how the 65-game rule is working (1:29:43)
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First Round Analysis with Kevin Pelton
First Round Deep Dive with Coach David Thorpe
Regular Season Conclusion, Play-In Preview, and Awards Picks.
Giannis' Injury, Knicks-Celtics, Playoff Seeding Possibilities, and the MVP Race
Final Week Frenzy, All-Defense, and All-NBA Races
The Playoff Push with Kevin Pelton
Embiid's Return, Charging Mavs, and Most Improved Player Candidates
Worst Preseason Takes and Draymond Green's Ejection with Doris Burke
Playoff Races in the East and West. Plus, the League Looking into Betting Irregularities
Celtics-Bucks, Forecasting the Thunder, Anthony Edwards' Leap, and Coach of the Year Contenders
Clipper Concerns, Red-hot Mavs, Wemby is here, and 6th Man Candidates
Pelicans, All-Defense Candidates, Suns, and Why Scoring is Down
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Scalabrine on the soaring Celtics, Herring on the Top 4 in the West, Bucks, and Raptors
State of the West, Giannis' MVP case, and Wemby vs. Chet
How Denver Matches Up with the Best of the West and a Look at the Play-In Race in the East
The Three Most Important Players for the rest of the Season
The Nets, Fixing All-Star Weekend, and Second Half Storylines to Watch
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